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Dear Isabella,<br>
<br>
Can we have an OLPC dinner in Santo Domingo early evening Saturday
Oct 30? I arrive from OLPC's Boston office that afternoon, and will
be working with OLPC's volunteer coordinator for the Dominican
Republic (Ivan, himself also a volunteer). We would love to see you
and others if so!<br>
<br>
We'll be discussing OLPC/Sugar-like opportunities in the DR and
Haiti first and foremost, inviting anybody you and Ivan feel will
contribute to the discussion.<br>
<br>
While also sharing details from the OLPC/Sugar Community's largest
ever contributor/volunteer summit, taking place just 1 week prior in
San Francisco:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcSF.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php">http://olpcSF.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php</a><br>
<br>
Thanks for considering! Please invite the people you believe take
modernizing education most seriously, no matter their age -- or all
28 million from the Caribbean's most populous island if you prefer,
where I can't wait to set foot ;)<br>
--Holt (OLPC Community Support Manager)<br>
<br>
<i>PS I'm paying for this 2-week Haiti exploration myself, as my 1st
ever vacation from OLPC in 3 years, trying to rebuild this
Port-au-Prince school (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blueTarpSchool.blogspot.com">http://blueTarpSchool.blogspot.com</a>) with a
group of close friends, and very strongly welcome suggestions from
all.</i><br>
<br>
<br>
On 10/5/2010 3:05 PM, Isabella Linares Barrientos wrote:
<blockquote
cite="mid:AANLkTimEQcJWYt_Tp6-duGZhh4i+OLMZd9PDVUBs69hL@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Thanks! i will contact them! Thanks!!<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Bastien <span
dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr">bastien.guerry@wikimedia.fr</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt
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padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Isabella,<br>
<br>
I would recommend you taking a close look at this program:<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program"
target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program</a><br>
<br>
You can get XO for small projects through it, this is a good
step<br>
toward larger deployements.<br>
<br>
OLPC talks with governments: contacts between Dominican
Republic<br>
and OLPC need to be quite formal at some point, depending on
how<br>
much the country is prepared to commit into a deployment.<br>
<br>
But the larger OLPC community (essentially made of volunteers
like<br>
me) is always here to provide advice and help at any scale, so
feel<br>
free to start your own project and to let things blossom from
there.<br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888"> Bastien</font></blockquote>
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